'Big-time' drug pusher nabbed in Legazpi City | Inquirer News

‘Big-time’ drug pusher nabbed in Legazpi City

By: - Correspondent / @msarguellesINQ
/ 11:33 AM December 01, 2018

LEGAZPI CITY – An alleged big-time illegal drug peddler operating here was arrested on Friday night by anti-illegal drug operatives at a buy-bust in this city, a police report said Saturday.

Anthony Orense, 32, was caught while selling suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) to an undercover agent posing as a buyer around 8 p.m. in Barangay (village) Peñaranda, Chief Insp. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, said.

Two sachets of shabu weighing 9.5 grams worth about P65,000 were seized from the suspect.

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Cotton Talento, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) spokesperson, said in an interview that the suspect is a member of a notorious drug group operating in this city.

He was also on the PDEA watch list as a high-value target.

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